The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-04-16
THE WITOH'S FATE.
A Cruel Prejudice of Old Times More Than
Equaled Now.

A Cruel Prejudice of Old Times More Than
Equaled Now.
Not many decades ago in this country,
the people we're excited over witchcraft.
Persons suspected were thrown into the
water; if not witches. they would drown;
if they were witches they would swim
ashore, and would be put to death. In
any event, they were doomed.
Not many years ago if person were
taken sick with advanced disorder of the
kidneys, the physician would pronounce
the disease Bright's disease, and when so
declared, he regarded his responsibility
at an end, for medical authority admitted
that the disease was incurabe.
When the physician found a patient
thus afflicted, he would say, ''Oh, slight
attack of the kidneys; will be all right in
little while" He knew to the contrary.
But if he could keep his patient on his
hands for few months, he knew he
would derive great revenue from his
case, and then when the disease had pro-
crossed to certain stage, he would state
the facts and retire, exonerattd from all
blame.
But the error of surprising the disease
incurable. has swayed the public mind,
long after the fact has ceased to be. But
public opinion has been educated to the
true status of the case by those who have
discounted the incurability theory, and
the public recognizes and testifies to the
fact that Warmers safe cure is specific
for this disease. This has been shown
with thousands of testimonials.
Upon referring to them in our files we
find that $1,000 reward will be given to
any one who can prove that SO far as the
manufacturers know they are not genuine
and that hundreds of thousands similar
in character could be published, if it were
necessary.
This condition of things Is very anus
ing to the journalist, who looks upon all
sides of every question. Proof should be
accepted by all. but prejudice fights
proof for many years. 1t seems strange
that when proprietary medicine is doing
the good that Warmers safe cure is, that
the physicians do not publicly indorse it,
as 1t is sold by dealers in every part of
the country,
A few years ago, as stated, when man
had Brights disease, the doctor boldly
announced it, because he thought it re-
lieved him of responsibility.
10 day when prominent people are
dying (and hundreds of thousands of COM
mon people die of the same disease), we
are told that doctors disguise the fact
that it is Bright's disease of the kidneys
and say that they die of paralysis, of apo
plexy, of pneumonia, of consumption, of
general debility, of rheumatism, of heart
disease, of blood poisoning, OF some other
of the names of the direct effects of kid
ney disease. They are not the real dis
ease itself
We sometimes wonder if they void stat
ing the real cause of disease for fear they
will drive the public into patronage of
the only scientific proprietary specific for
kidney diseases and the thousand and
one diseases that originate in inactive
kidneys.
We do not believe every advertisement
we read. Some people perhaps may re-
gard this article as an advertisement and
will not believe it, but we are candid
enough to say that we believe the parties
above mentioned have stated their case
and proved it, and under such circum-
stances the public is unwise if it is longer
influenced by adverse prejudice.